Local Services
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LIBRARIES
LINTON LIBRARY
The Cathodeon Centre,
Horseheath Road Tel: 01223 892227
Services:
Books, information, story cassettes, videos, broadband internet
access & e-mail, photocopying. Reading Group.
CAMBRIDGE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Lion Yard, Cambridge.
Lending and reference library, CDs & videos, CD-ROMs, information
service, local history, internet. Tel: 01223 712000
SAFFRON WALDEN LIBRARY
2 King Street Tel: 01799 523178
REFUSE
& RECYCLING
REFUSE COLLECTION
Weekly rubbish or recycling collection in Linton alternate Mondays.
South Cambs District Council will also remove large household items e.g.
TV's, fridges, settees etc. (not building rubble) on request. Tel: 01223
443484
RECYCLING
Door-to-door collection of paper, glass, tins & textiles in green
boxes for recycling and compostible material in green bins, every other
Monday.
WASTE & RECYCLING CENTRES
Local domestic waste and recycling centres for scrap metal, green waste,
hard-core, timber, cookers, batteries, engine oil, etc:
Saffron Walden
Thaxted Rd Tel: 01799 521837
Mon-Sun 8am-5pm (Nov-Jan)
Mon-Sun 8am-4pm (Feb-Oct)
Haverhill
Coupals Lane, Mon-Sun 8am-5pm
Milton
Mon-Sun 9am-4pm Tel: 01223 860674
Thriplow
Mon-Sun 9am-4pm #9; Tel: 01223 839001
Linton
Car park, Coles Lane for:
Paper bank Newspapers etc.
Can bank Aluminium cans Textile bank Clothing, textiles, sheets,
etc. (in bags please) Bottle bank Clear, green and brown
PLACES
FOR HIRE
CATHODEON CENTRE
Contact: Parish Clerk Tel: 01223 891001
Two committee rooms and a small servery/kitchen for hire, evenings and
weekends.
CHILFORD HALL Tel: 01223 895600
Banquet and conference centre, catering for 25-1300 people, indoor and
outdoor events, civil wedding ceremonies. Vineyard tours.
LINTON INFANTS' SCHOOL
Contact: Secretary Tel: 01223 891421
LINTON VILLAGE HALL
Contact: Parish Clerk Tel: 01223 891001
Large hall, upstairs meeting room and kitchen for hire.
LINTON VILLAGE COLLEGE
Sports Centre Tel: 01223 890248
School Hall Tel: 01223 891233
PAVILION, RECREATION GROUND
Contact: David Odell 01223 894422 Saturday Afternoon's
Pavilion and pitch available for hire.
HILDERSHAM VILLAGE HALL
Contact: Bryan Beavis Tel: 01223 893391
HORSEHEATH VILLAGE HALL
Bookings Tel: 01223 893757
LOCAL
& NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Provides the following services:
Education, social services, road building and maintenance, transport planning,
fire and rescue, police, trading standards, libraries, waste disposal
and long term planning.
General enquiries: Tel: 01223 717111
Information Line: Tel: 0800 243916
County Council representative for Linton is:
Mr J Batchelor
SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Provides the following services:
Housing, local planning, environmental health, building regulations, refuse
collection, electoral registration, street cleaning, cemeteries and crematoria,
industrial developments, car parks, allotments, leisure facilities and
amenities, council tax and business rates, public toilets.
General enquiries: Tel: 01223 443000
District Council representatives for Linton are:
Mr J Batchelor, 1 Maltings Cottages, Long Lane, Linton Tel: 01223 892111
Mrs G Joan Smith, 10 Symonds Lane, Linton Fax: 01223 890049 Tel: 01223
892904
LINTON PARISH COUNCIL
Responsible for:
Local planning consultations, cemeteries, recreation facilities, footpaths,
bus shelters, open spaces and war memorial.
Linton Parish Councillors are:
Chairman: Mr Graham Potter
Vice-Chairman: Dr Brian Cox
Councillors: Mrs Enid Bald, Michael Clay, Mrs Ester Cornell, Dr Brian
Cox, Mike Gee, Andrew Gore, Bob Hammett, Pam Kenyon, Graham Potter,
Dr Judy Rossiter, Dr V Urwin
All correspondence to the Parish Clerk, Parish Council Office, Village
Hall, Coles Lane, Linton, CB1 6JS Tel/fax 891001
Email: Clerk
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR
SOUTH-EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Mr Jim Paice, c/o House of Commons, London SW1 0AA
Agent: Stephen Frost Tel: 01954 211444
EURO MP
Mr Robert Sturdy ; Tel: 01954 211790